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Psalm 2:2
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 2:2
New Catholic Bible
2 The kings of the earth rise up,
and the princes conspire together
against the Lord
and against his Anointed One:[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:2 Anointed One: in Hebrew, Mashiah (whence the word “Messiah”), which in the Greek translation is Christos; it referred originally to the Davidic King but ultimately to Jesus Christ. This phrase has given rise to two titles of Jesus: “Messiah” from the Hebrew and “Christ” from the Greek. In Israel the power of office was bestowed by anointing both on kings (see Jdg 9:8; 1 Sam 9:16; 16:12f) and on high priests (see Lev 8:12; Num 3:3).
